Tuesday, April 13, 2010

The Easter Bunny brought Eleanore a set of tin buckets, a bag of soil, and lots and lots of beautiful flowers that needed to be planted. After our egg hunt and a bite to eat, we changed out of our holiday outfits, put on some warm weather clothes, soaked ourselves in sunblock (I'd be lost without spf in a can, by the way), and out we went- to plant our first flower garden!

We set ourselves up on the driveway, right beside the grass. We put on our gardening gloves and got out our tools, we scooped dirt, we chased after runaway buckets that had been swiped away by curious little babies, and when all was said and done, we lined up our flower filled buckets along the brick wall on the front porch, to watch our new garden grow.

I never thought I'd be interested in gardening. I've always disliked the feel of dirt on my hands. And then, I discovered gloves.

I never thought that I'd want to go for a stroll in the garden center as a form of relaxation, because as a child, I did everything possible to avoid it.

Thank you Easter Bunny, for bringing us the perfect afternoon, and the supplies for many more.

Again with the beautiful photography! Wow...too fun!I worked for as a gardener for 5 years. I HATE dirt under my nails! So I always had gloves, and a matching gardening bag, and a matching kneeling pad:)

That is SO great! I've always loved gardening, and I'm pretty sure I have my parents to thank for it. My mom always took me shopping for plants, but it was my dad who helped me, gave me my own spot in the yard, killed spiders for me, and made sure when I forgot to water my plants. I have a lot of good memories gardening, and to this day I still work in the yard. It's relaxing. You can never start too early or too late in getting the gardening bug. :)

PS. Sometimes when I read your post like this one, making magically bunny food, baking, finding cool stuff on the curb and cleaning it, I wish we were friends in real life because that's all stuff I love to do. :)

Amelia got a mini rose plant when she was recovering from her tonsil surgery and she begged me for DAYS to put it in the ground until we finally got it done. I just got all of the dried up and dead plants that didn't survive the winter out of the flower beds...now I just need to get out and buy new plants so we can get hopping on finishing up our garden!